Doctors, Patients, and manufacturers of pacemakers are all to concerned that hackers could tamper with someone’s much needed pacemaker. Today’s pacemakers allow doctors to remotely make changes to the pacemaker configurations, and patients feel they are at risk. Well, they are right, if doctors can access the pacemakers remotely, so can the hackers. Remote access [...]
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Social engineering steps up a notch.
Everyone knows a good liar, or do they? I’ve been reading some interesting articles about whats going on with hacked email accounts. Recent activity indicates that social engineers are using hacked email accounts to gain access to address-books for potential fraud projects.
One such project, a surgeon’s email address
Hackers update unlock tool for iPhone.
Apple has been a long time communist when it comes to their products. They don’t want anyone installing third party applications on their iPhone, as they wan’t you to pay for the over priced software. How dare you wish to install third party applications!
Then there are the iPhone hackers that have saved us from the [...]
EDS gives soldier the shaft.
Today I was notified of a good friend of mine who is on his way to Iraq. Recently his company, EDS, gave him the shaft by not paying his vacation time. EDS released this person to another company and EDS waited until the last minute to force his resignation. Over two weeks of vacation time [...]
How to get free long distance phone calls. Skype, WiFi.
Do I have your attention? Good, because what you are about to hear is pretty dang cool. With a service called Skype you can make free long distance phone calls to other Skype users. Skype isn’t just a voice messenger over the Internet, it’s practically an Internet standard for Voice of Internet. For just $2.95 [...]